The hard work is nearly done, and hopefully most of you will not need any luck for the CFA exam this Saturday as you will see the benefit of the hours of study that you have put in. Now’s the time to ensure you have thought about the day itself including the logistics of getting
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Whether you are applying for your first role in accounting or going for a promotion to work as part of a management team, accounting job interviews can be daunting. With every company needing good accountants and the banking industry always looking for a bright new talent, the job opportunities can be very varied. Once you
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Companies, having experienced a recovery in business conditions are now seeking to grow. However the possibilities for organic growth are limited due to sluggish world economies, continuing economic downturn in China and the problems of the Eurozone. Accordingly, to continue the progress in their earnings and share prices, senior management has two options:
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After the global recession of 2008, and the huge bailouts to the financial sector that followed, it was expected that the financial institutions would act responsibly and not let the confidence of the people regress into dismay. I guess some of them are not thrilled to take this less trodden path. HSBC Bank, the largest
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It is one of the harsher things about the CFA Program that there is only one type of pass but 10 shades of fail. However, with such high stake exams it is vital to use the fail band information to guide your decisions as to what the next stage will be.
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First of all, if you are reading this you probably got through Level 1, which is no mean feat. It is fair to say that for many people Level 1 is the hardest of the three exams. This is not because individual questions are tricky, but because there are just so many of them! Also, you have to judge each exam you sit in life on relative terms i.e. what are you expected to know to pass compared to what you knew when you started studying. If you think of that as a ratio, I think the ratio is biggest for CFA Level 1.
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We can never predict exactly what is going on in the great minds of examiners, but there are some parts of the CFA syllabus that are so core it would be a bit of a strange exam if they did not feature. So with that in mind, here is our must-know list for the upcoming CFA Level 1 exam with 3 top areas for each part of the syllabus:
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As a CFA prep provider, BPP offers best practice, guidance and support from start to finish, but nothing is more helpful than advice from someone who’s been in your situation. So we asked our cohort of June exam CFA Level III students ‘what would they tell themselves if they were starting again’? What are their words of wisdom? What did the wish they had known? Here goes:
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As a CFA prep provider, BPP offers best practice, guidance and support from start to finish, but nothing is more helpful than advice from someone who’s been in your situation. So we asked our cohort of June exam CFA Level II students ‘what would they tell themselves if they were starting again’? What are their words of wisdom? What did the wish they had known? Here goes:
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BPP provided excellent and thought provoking courses designed purely to ensure success first time at each stage of the Chartered Wealth Management (CWM) exams. The classroom sessions were hugely interactive and I was encouraged to think and share opinions. Exam style questions were used throughout the courses to get the class to think about the style and time pressure of the questions likely to be set in the exam.
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In previous blogs I talked about question practice. This time I would like to think about other advice that has come back from BPP students following our post exam survey question “what one piece of advice would you give to other candidates?”
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As professionals aim to progress their careers and take on new areas of responsibility, new skills and knowledge must be acquired. There are three essential elements which overlay career progression, whether the progression is internal to the company, or when searching for new roles and opportunities.
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I believe that for most people, the optimal time is to get going after the psychologically important break over New Year if you are working towards the June exam. Is it worth starting earlier than that? Well, it depends really. There is a risk that something you study in October has been forgotten by May. On top of that, the best study time is when you are properly engaged in what you are studying. If the exam is in the next calendar year, inevitably the pressure is less intense and the efficiency of your studies drops.
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How do you deal with the ethics section of the examination?
The first thing to realise is that everyone is in the same boat regarding ethics. They are the rules of the club (CFA® Institute) you are looking to join, and no one outside that club will be particularly familiar with them. So you have to roll up your sleeves and make a start.
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Here at BPP, we hold regular Open Days from our Central London study centre to introduce students to the CFA and IMC courses available at BPP. Our Open Days give you the chance to meet our expert tutors, take a tour of the facilities and really get an insight into the course and where it can take you in your career.
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There has been many an occasion when I wish I could turn back time and do things a little differently, often finding myself saying ‘if only I’d known’. Hindsight is, after all, a wonderful thing. As a CFA prep provider, BPP offers best practice, guidance and support from start to finish, but nothing is more
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Since graduating from university I have worked within the investment management sector and chose to study Investment Management Certifcate (IMC) in order to progress in my career. After studying Unit 1 with another training provider, I was looking for more support and guidance for Unit 2 (Investment Practice). Upon recommendation by a number of work
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The first thing to do is give yourself a big pat on the back. With pass rates averaging at about 40% per level, getting through all three levels is a great achievement. Once you recover from the celebrations, it is time to think about your next moves towards gaining the prestigious designation i.e. putting the
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